The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-02

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onees and Although dtrinR ne t,sgt fa53
Goais sslq spe1fnnan had never pFetef1t,tS *
~ lae11he pf the committee until IA J,leef
siSrsSl s3 Sie ION lnsssntl tho chairman dc.
1 atu @9lM member, and as erch he brd
4 pi4eed hls name On the roll ~e
4 s,, ne only evidence. be claims 60 have Of
/ 33illsstitanls inembeEFhip vas a letter from
AualnEi written on The oath ~ CetoIar lss7'
| ~ " We eneet mat TO his best recollection M
/ We 5ot a member, and that Gs delegsfe n
~ ~ St ,l convention Of December. 1883,
I hs nae named spearnnHn TO the convention N
| tAe committeeman from bis ward, sitboDrb
! h44yQa written proxy Of date Nov, i was
hs ~ ~ z. z. Beasley,
grave quegtlou" by GisplaeinR Adams ana
1 plaelng on his rolls the i3afne a EfsnrnFn
/ ~ desiring him entitled 10 s seaL he
4 nrayely CRIPPLED with
AEoTBER 0RAvB QUESTION,
!3e 93nn9upood 70 the ceIamittes that J. d.
COMMITTEES and that although lie lgd moi
DBen able Y lna the oficial proeeejint7g Fl
i w convention showing his election, he did
md eontemporBneoug neWstarer t,fibIiea-
ton Of his name a. poerl,gr. and fhrr6
1 Itore, ne decided that be was a right4nl mer9-
- y. N e0utiplf teei and DE had 80 placed
nm ~ the roll, And this in the face 81 tie
| taet that he was increasing the lawful nnnIbeI
/ pt bers-tftesn; III lace Of tie fset t98t
/ never before had Mr.. Foster claimed q be 4
/ nelnbeF Of the committee: IN face Of the fart
,Lls ~ nsa acted - proxy for some absent
/ 81 The TACT that no official roll call of the
] committee con tained his name: and further
~ lace Of the fact that the sO-eaHed eonteHi
4 even pretend to be Official. IN face n I'M
further fact that hr. ], d. Foster was by tie
convention IN December, 1888, elected q
hiel92ef q the State Executive Committee,
1 ~ 9hieh body he hRG acted.
1 Having thus bilenOed two of the grave
ques19hs bhat eontrunted him, he proceeded
g DECLARE vacant tho. alice 81 secretary, that
had been filed By tie election Of Mn j. nj
/ GillilRnd, and then appointed Dr. d. h.
4 MhltWofth as secretary pro tenn. Mr.. Gill;
! lnBd MAS present g1td ready to still 4ct "a
secretary. The only reason given By the
| chairman for this last action WAS that he re-
| called thai AZ some pregiguR meetings Of the
/ committee Mr.. Gilliland was not presebF, blTt
4 NGe absent from the State, and thAt die con
/ mltt9e had elected, ~ each OF gueh meetings
4 secretary pro tenn and without any pre-
| tense that the committee had ever taken any
action formally declaring the place vacant
| ne the chairman, alone did 80, and appoint
| ed q secretary
TO SUIT HIS PURPOSES.
And having thus, in his own way, settled all
| the grave questions that confronted the com
/ mittee, haY ing thus made strai Rbt its paths,
| he handed to his newly Gppoin TED secretary
/ the roll Of menberg which he had already
\ prepared, aud ordered the Roll called, PRO
| nouneed quorum present and the commit
/ tee eRdy for business. On that roll we're the
names Of sixteen persons, al present in per-
1 son or by, proxy IA number one more than
was ever heard Of before A. q one more than
| was authorized by the resolutions Of the co 3
/ vention that elected the committee.
/ The chairman did not deign to inform the
| committee from what source he derived bis
4 authority to settle these grave queRtiOuR.
! He had no such authority. He knows be
had none. He has admitted that his couddet
/ Wqs revolutionary, aB an Outrage on the in
alienRbie inherent right Of the committee to
sgttle all such questionp. His conduct Is
! without u parallel In the annals Of parlih-
! mentarY bodies, and TIE committee right
4 fully forfeited his otlCiall head. For his con
\ temDtu0uB disregard Of the rights Of his
/ constituency be deserves the most whitening
| il was in vain that protests were made.
| They we're made only to be ignored. il ives
in vain that motion was made to appoint
/ committee on credentials to report to the
committee as TO the rightg Of claimants TO
seats II the body;, such . motion TasS
| order, aud the mover informed that the
/ question Of who were members had been
4 settled by the Chairman. All proceedings
4 were brought 10 0 deadlock EIGHT members
| Of tie committee opposing the action Of the
4 chairman and refuslng 10 transact any busi-
\ Ness until che
| GREAT EBoNa DONE By TIE CHAIRMAN
was corrected, and the seven supporting the
Appeals frola Tie rulings Of the ohEirmgn
were made only to be disreGarded; The
! eight members opposing were Capt. William
1 Robson, Or. Gus Hendricks, Dan Monroe,
1 james Noel, JGIneg HuckRby, J. M. Alexan-
der, j. ii. Gilliland and Dr. T. g. Foid. By
| Andrew Currie, proxy; those sustaining the
chairman, were James y. S9npe, Y. n; l3ol-
hnnEgsgortbs X AZ y, Me I5 p ,{ s9y y. =.
* j. Poster, j. p, Spearman, J.. u. Foster
4 and =. Il. Randolph eight on each side, the
| chairman voting.
| toned or disputed seat. OF the eight on the
/ other eide two hold seats by the decision Of
I the ehRirInau alone. With the hope OF break
| on organization wss appointed and recess
1 taken until 3 O'Clock y. "a,
4 IN thiB committee MeaHrs, Noel and Rob
son proposed, 70 admit spea5magp "a
! claim Of j. NJ. Foster as the sixteenth mem-
4 Der Of the oOnlni tte0 was withdrawn.
This was done 10 the interest Of harmony.
Thus was refused Dy the other see, 4llless
/ ner Of selecting delegates This Noel and
I Robson refused. for the reason tRat ~ was
1 beyond tile fuHctions Of the committee q
1 conference, nna for the further reason thsE
thoy we're unwilling TO tranBpct any buslneSs
until the great outrage Of the chairman was
repaired.
| When the colnmittee reaasssnlblsd a. 2;
! 10. the committee Of conference repQrted
| no prospect OF adjustment and the deadlock
was resumed. When X reasBeubled nt p:
70. Mr. ]. II. Gilliland, Ter himself and
/ seven ObNGlh NVtAAAB gNI+A AlAhAAg HhNHNAA
written protest sgainFt the action Of the
chairman, pfOnouncing it WITHOUT RuthorltY5
Illegal aud revolutionary, aud saving tibet
they could not recognize the validity q the
reyolntiouhry action of the chairman. "a
motion was afterwaId inade BY Mr.. CuFrie,
which, being seconded was by hun put q
the vote declaring vacant tho chair Anssinp
ri me Committee aud electing To tint place
| {1apt, Robson Mr. [iilhland was in the Same
manner elected secretary both motions re-
oeiying the yotesot
EGET UNpIsFUTED ME1tBHRa,
an undiBppted quorum 81 the lawful commit
TBis quorum then passed resolution tx.
ing the time for the primary eleetop anG
parish convention and 5ataoufned until nsAl
: morning, and left TIE room IN THO possession
; Of the other eight which also took IL aeslon
/ for the election Of deleRatea.
And thus Xou hare thrust upon EQu auh
elections and Quad delegations V w nh iI
: Convention. Both elections CANNOT poss1plS
! | be valid. 10 Is possible for both tQ be IN
Valid or Que may be valid and tie otPer nQt
/ iii fifteen il the lawful number q tle con
mittee, and there can ~ 10 question az Y
G petent 70 act III the premises. i,
I Eight members whose seats we're wlfAoul
i dispute, not counting ar bgealey, ho WI; B
4 | Adams proxy. who proposed ~ ,re4lqalal
/ / hig eiaiyd ii Mn. Foster woald Withdrew op'
posed tho outrageous conduct ana ealled al
9 elsoiion, These eight clgin that VIZ e9i4
Q Htttee ~ GglnloaeQ IN N3iAs VI B II t
& III, al e eonttnded BY those supporting ~
I chairman. the committee is composed OF hix
0 teea members, II t9kes nlne W lnisAS
1 quorum and thi4 they have not B2b any
3 taug any aetion taken BY them
D Is CLEARLY INVALID.
3 But The salient psrameunt wrong Thieh n
4 aeaire " enphasize is the eonaqet q W.
9 e6,pf1iflee III Determining tie disputed Inem
barship, and displaGng the BeeT9taTE rus
2 nal1ine another in Ills stead. He h.4 y
J. 1,S,9bsf His conduct III tlIs " il9hdl
7 NAMED ~ hinseK " reyolut iQnPry
Z Until tits wrong wss TiRhte0 We re5{lae
), 10 transact Hug business ns nov w ~
8 our conduct in the premises IL yqp,r, Z ~,
. Vi yon ~ freenen W so W me p2ls f4l w u.
e NM spDoilted by ia and cast your Roies e
WILLIAM HoDsONt
q. HENpAIcKRt
MI ALNEkNpER,
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